Highlights of the recent legislative session

In this age of legal blogs, Frank Maraist's Civil Law Newsletter remains a valuable resource. He reads everything you need to know and sums it up in one- or two-sentence blurbs—just enough information to inform you whether you need to read the entire decision or legislative act. The most recent issue points out the following significant developments (among many, many others):

Act 621 (text here) creates the 41st JDC, consolidating the various courts of Orleans Parish. It also consolidates several of the ancillary offices of those courts (e.g. sheriff, clerk, etc.)

Act 644 (text here) requires the Louisiana Supreme Court and Courts of Appeal to post their unpublished decisions on their respective web sites, and authorizes citation of the unpublished decisions as authorities.

Posted by RPW at July 18, 2006 06:59 PM